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obama will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney heads to colorado tomorrow, where he'll hold a rally, and continue his preparations for wednesday's showdown in denver. he went to church this morning outside boston, but held no public events over the weekend. >>> in iraq, at least 30 people were killed today in a wave of bombings. some explosions hit in or near baghdad. it is the deadliest day in iraq in nearly a month. shiite muslim communities appear to be the main targets of the attacks. >>> a christian pakistani girl accused of desecrating the koran is set to be cleared of all charges. tomorrow a juvenile court in pakistan is expected to uphold a police investigation that found the 14-year-old was not only innocent, she was framed by a muslim cleric in her hometown. the cleric now faces blasphemy charges of his own for tearing pages out of a koran to use as evidence against the child. >>> and this is the center of a desperate search for two little children in middle tennessee. a family home that burned down last week
obama will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney heads to colorado tomorrow, where he'll hold a rally, and continue his preparations for wednesday's showdown in denver. he went to church this morning outside boston, but held no public events over the weekend. >>> in iraq, at least 30 people were killed today in a wave of bombings. some explosions hit in or near baghdad. it is the deadliest day in iraq in nearly a month. shiite muslim communities...
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president obama's people point to all the debates mitt romney did during the primaries as well as his recent practice sessions. >> you know, i'll say mitt romney has a bit more practice than the president. he's done a lot of them recently. so, you know, we'll wait to see. >> are you nervous. >> he's a much better debater. >> who? >> mitt romney. >> that was the press sector the obama campaign insisting that mitt romney is a much better debater. a thursday memo shows romney campaign senior adviser playing the same game and i'm quoting her now when she says president obama is a uniquely gifted speaker and is widely regarded as one of the most talented political communicators in modern history. this will be the eighth one h onone presidential debate of his political career for mitt romney, it will be his first. and listen to what romney himself tells abc news. >> i don't worry about the opportunity to be on the air and to face the president. he has his views. i have mine. >> all right. so just how influential are these debates for the voters out there? joining us now two journalists from
president obama's people point to all the debates mitt romney did during the primaries as well as his recent practice sessions. >> you know, i'll say mitt romney has a bit more practice than the president. he's done a lot of them recently. so, you know, we'll wait to see. >> are you nervous. >> he's a much better debater. >> who? >> mitt romney. >> that was the press sector the obama campaign insisting that mitt romney is a much better debater. a thursday...
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obama won the debate. the spread was about 48% to 40%. do you agree with that assessment? was this a clear win for president obama? >> well, the question is, what's winning. and the most important part about winning is whether people said could governor romney be a good commander in chief. and on that number it was about 60-something percent. perhaps the more important question about winning is winning in terms. i believe on the cnn poll governor romney was slightly ahead. it was a ppp democratic polling group th had people saying more likely to vote for governor romney 47-35. less likely more likely to vote for president obama 32 less likely 46. and that was a poll also that said on points, on points, president obama won the race. and the final analysis this is an election. people are looking for who can be the commander in chief. hat governor romney did last night is he tied having a strong economy as being essential to having a strong military strong foreign policy and clearly on that point he clearly w
obama won the debate. the spread was about 48% to 40%. do you agree with that assessment? was this a clear win for president obama? >> well, the question is, what's winning. and the most important part about winning is whether people said could governor romney be a good commander in chief. and on that number it was about 60-something percent. perhaps the more important question about winning is winning in terms. i believe on the cnn poll governor romney was slightly ahead. it was a ppp...
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but i do want to turn now to the obama team on the day of this for foreign policy debate. a new tv ad touting the president's success and navigating affairs. here is a look. >> a decade of war that cost us dearly and now for the president, a clear choice. president obama ended the iraq war. mitt romney would have left 30,000 troops there and called bringing them home tragic. >> here is -- that was a quick clip. as the obama campaign tries to get a jump on the foreign policy discussion that will happen in boca raton, jessica yellin is there as well in the spin room. jessica, what is the strategy behind this new ad and how does team obama feel going into this evening? >> reporter: hi, brooke. the strategy is twofold, one to make the case that the president has kept his promises on foreign policy, that he's gotten the troops out of iraq and begun a timetable to withdraw from afghanistan, to set up the commander in chief test with mitt romney. and then to make this case that if romney doesn't -- that mitt romney hasn't laid out his own foreign policy or distinguished how his p
but i do want to turn now to the obama team on the day of this for foreign policy debate. a new tv ad touting the president's success and navigating affairs. here is a look. >> a decade of war that cost us dearly and now for the president, a clear choice. president obama ended the iraq war. mitt romney would have left 30,000 troops there and called bringing them home tragic. >> here is -- that was a quick clip. as the obama campaign tries to get a jump on the foreign policy...
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he's playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep going away shaking my head. >> reporter: he flies to colorado on monday night, hun r hunkering down while making final preparations. then he goes to nevada and then goes behind closed doors before debate day. meanwhile both presidential campaigns play the expectations games, trying to lower the bar for their candidates. gary? >> paul, thank you very much. next hour we'll take a closer look at the art of the debate and the strategy of the dodge. we'll show you how dodging important questions can actually earn candidates points with voters. >>> and a programming note, the first presidential debate of 2012 is this wednesday night. watch it live, 7:00 p.m. eastern on cnn and cnn.com. >>> tomorrow morning the u.s. supreme court justices will formally kick off a new term. on the agenda, some of the toughest and most controversial issues of our day. here's joe johns with more. >> reporter: right after the sup
he's playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep going away shaking my head. >> reporter: he flies to colorado on monday night, hun r hunkering down while making final preparations. then he goes to nevada and then goes behind closed doors before debate day. meanwhile both presidential campaigns play the expectations games, trying to lower the bar for their candidates. gary? >> paul, thank you...
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to prepare for their first debate. president obama will prepay in nevada. he already arrived there, he'll be holding an evening rally and then concentrate on preparing for wednesday night's showdown. so what is at stake in this first debate? athena jones takes a look. >> reporter: both the obama and romney campaigns are doing their best to lower expectations ahead of wednesday's debate. >> we have expected all along that governor romney will have a good night, he's prepared more than any candidate in history. >> president obama is a very gifted speaker. the man's been on the national stage for many years, he's an experienced debater, he's done these kinds of debates before, this is mitt's first time on this kind of a stage. >> romney -- the president was widely regarded as one of the most talented political communicators in modern history. myers even pointed to a cnbc poll. the obama camp likes to remind volters that the president hasn't had as much time to prepare for the debates because he's busy being commander in c
to prepare for their first debate. president obama will prepay in nevada. he already arrived there, he'll be holding an evening rally and then concentrate on preparing for wednesday night's showdown. so what is at stake in this first debate? athena jones takes a look. >> reporter: both the obama and romney campaigns are doing their best to lower expectations ahead of wednesday's debate. >> we have expected all along that governor romney will have a good night, he's prepared more...
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the bottom line for us right now is president obama had a bit of a lead before the debates began. governor romney pulled ahead after the first debate and now we're at the third debate and it seems as though it's a dead heat. if you dig deeper in the numbers, does that change? >> reporter: very good points there. let's go beyond the top line numbers. there's a gender gap, no doubt about it that. we see mitt romney with an advantage among men, the president obama's advantage with women seem to be getting smaller. we see an income gap, generational divide. this is from the nbc/"wall street journal" poll. which candidate is more qualified to become commander in chief. the president's advantage on that number seems to be disappearing and florida, where we are, 29 electoral votes at stake. look at our most recent poll here in florida. that's pretty tight as well. basically all tied up in florida, ashleigh. >> so you always get the vip opportunity to get into the debate hall and look at things as they're set up. i have always wondered what it looks like from all the different vantage poi
the bottom line for us right now is president obama had a bit of a lead before the debates began. governor romney pulled ahead after the first debate and now we're at the third debate and it seems as though it's a dead heat. if you dig deeper in the numbers, does that change? >> reporter: very good points there. let's go beyond the top line numbers. there's a gender gap, no doubt about it that. we see mitt romney with an advantage among men, the president obama's advantage with women seem...
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john mccain the last man to debate president obama. >> i think both are excellent in their own way. i think you could argue that mitt has had a lot more recent experience. obviously. but also, candy, part of it depends on who's moderating. >> the man's been on the national stage for many years. he's an experienced debate per. this is mitt's first time on this kind of stage. >> paul ryan on the sunday talk shows. the running mate talking down expeations. look at this count. brand-new from abc news/"washington post" this morn ing. who's more likely to win the debates? the president by 20-some points. a lot of americans think the president will have the upper hand on wednesday night in denver. >> we'll see. many thanks. cnn's live coverage of wednesday night's debate starts at 7:00 eastern. >>> syria is expected to try to justify its actions in its bloody civil war when its foreign minister speaks before the united nations general assembly later this morning. nearly 30,000 people across syria have been killed. in the next hour look at the how the united states is helping the syrian opp
john mccain the last man to debate president obama. >> i think both are excellent in their own way. i think you could argue that mitt has had a lot more recent experience. obviously. but also, candy, part of it depends on who's moderating. >> the man's been on the national stage for many years. he's an experienced debate per. this is mitt's first time on this kind of stage. >> paul ryan on the sunday talk shows. the running mate talking down expeations. look at this count....
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election and specifically the debates between president obama and mitt romney? >> well, today president obama got a lot of momentum. and in politics the big moe is everything. june looked like a romney month. and now the president is ending this month with the wind in his sail. sort of buried the holder contempt story today. nobody in the media's really talking about it. so for barack obama this was big. in fact, he was calling it the affordable care act for so long he may actually want to embrace obama care and get out there and say, yes, like violet you just had on your show. that's who i'm helping right now. mitt romney is staked out that he's dissenting with the supreme court decision. and i think it's going to be one of the more brutal debates this year is re-arguing this health care debate. there's so many tentacles and loose parts that it will drag on with us all the way to next year. >> the debates will be fun to watch. that's for sure. the crux of this legislation, the individual mandate upheld today by the court. i want to play a little sound from the
election and specifically the debates between president obama and mitt romney? >> well, today president obama got a lot of momentum. and in politics the big moe is everything. june looked like a romney month. and now the president is ending this month with the wind in his sail. sort of buried the holder contempt story today. nobody in the media's really talking about it. so for barack obama this was big. in fact, he was calling it the affordable care act for so long he may actually want...
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we heard a lot of the expectations romney suggesting that obama is the greatest debater, obama is saying romney is the greatest debater. chris christie, the governor of the new jersey says this yesterday. i will play the clip. >> we have a candidate that's going do extraordinarily well wednesday might and willy what out his vision for america and contrast what his view is and what the president's record is. the president's view for the future. and this whole race is going to be turned upside down on thursday morning. >> wow. what a bold prection that is by the republican governor of new jersey. what do you think? >> god bless him. you know, everybody has to spin -- as -- spin doctors, we lie for a living. we really ramp up the lies the we of the debate. you pretend -- barack obama is not very smart, not a very good debater. baloney. i like fact the governor, he is stating the obvious which is true. that it is a narrow race but there is a solid but narrow lead for the president. it means this is at least one, maybe one of the last, very big moments that mitt romney can change that. i don'
we heard a lot of the expectations romney suggesting that obama is the greatest debater, obama is saying romney is the greatest debater. chris christie, the governor of the new jersey says this yesterday. i will play the clip. >> we have a candidate that's going do extraordinarily well wednesday might and willy what out his vision for america and contrast what his view is and what the president's record is. the president's view for the future. and this whole race is going to be turned...
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there was an 80% chance of obama winning. for the debate intrigue was at 64 obama. it spiked and ended up the night at 61. it basically no change. >> very good. >> i wonder, if you're looking for change. these are all small issues, the race is so evenly divided. the most important thing that may have happened in the next two or three weeks is that housing in america has begun to recover. jamie dimon said it two weeks ago, he thought the housing recovery was so strong. and jpmorgan chase has a lot of mortgages they take a look at. the federal reserve may raise interest rates. if that happens, this is the election to win, whoever presides over it, it will be romney's recovery or obama's recovery. >> we have another reality check ahead. we'll see what buzz words from the debate are trending on facebook. this new phone is amazing. i'm watching natalie's ballet recital and i'm pulling photos right from the video. great idea, we can pick one and frame it! here, watch this. she nails almost every move. our old camera could never do this. she's so good at ballet. i think sh
there was an 80% chance of obama winning. for the debate intrigue was at 64 obama. it spiked and ended up the night at 61. it basically no change. >> very good. >> i wonder, if you're looking for change. these are all small issues, the race is so evenly divided. the most important thing that may have happened in the next two or three weeks is that housing in america has begun to recover. jamie dimon said it two weeks ago, he thought the housing recovery was so strong. and jpmorgan...
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a much moran mated president obama. a sharp contrast to the first debate. the body language of both candidates being parsed as closely as their words. i spoke to brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for mitt romney and also jeanne dr ene driver, a body language expert. let's talk about this. >> that's the strategy and that's what we're going to do. >> what do you seeing in on? >> right here, watch. we're doing chopping right here this is chopping and this chop is pointing to the president. we'll get into this debate here, look at this chopping, looking at each other, in each other's -- in each other's space, right. this is very interesting. when the president stands back up, this is man to man, and interesting, although they are having this debate, anderson, not coming across as contemptuous. contempt is superiority, i'm better than you. like two brothers having a disagreement. still professionalism. >> the president didn't want to be seen sitting down when governor romney was addressing to him. >> we saw the president engage candy quite a bit. he wo
a much moran mated president obama. a sharp contrast to the first debate. the body language of both candidates being parsed as closely as their words. i spoke to brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for mitt romney and also jeanne dr ene driver, a body language expert. let's talk about this. >> that's the strategy and that's what we're going to do. >> what do you seeing in on? >> right here, watch. we're doing chopping right here this is chopping and this chop is...
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in eight days mitt romney and president obama will debate foreign affairs. we will ask the terrific panel what to make of romney's foreign policy. >>> next up, "argo," the amazing little known story of six americans who actually escaped from the embassy in tehran in 1979 and eventually got out of the country. i'll talk to the man at the cia who masterminded the operation. ben affleck plays him on the big screen, but you get the real version with us. >>> finally, drew foust, the president of harvard, on how the civil war changed america. >>> also, do you feel guilty take dagg off from work? don't. it's probably good for your country. i'll explain. >>> but first here's my take. recently intelligence squared a feisty forum in new york debated the proposition better elected islamists than dictators, referring to the choices confronting america in the middle east. the lead speaker for the proposition was a prominent conservative intellectual. and the lead speaker against the proposition was a prominent conservative intellectual. that's a reflection of the state o
in eight days mitt romney and president obama will debate foreign affairs. we will ask the terrific panel what to make of romney's foreign policy. >>> next up, "argo," the amazing little known story of six americans who actually escaped from the embassy in tehran in 1979 and eventually got out of the country. i'll talk to the man at the cia who masterminded the operation. ben affleck plays him on the big screen, but you get the real version with us. >>> finally, drew...
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you were obviously playing president obama in the mock debates. so when you see the candidate who you've been prepping all along in his performance on foreign policy, what did you think? >> well, you know, i thought it was a good night for governor romney because i think he appeared reassuring and thoughtful and knowledgeable. having played president obama, i wasn't surprised by a whole lot that he said because it's sort of the same lines. >> he was aggressive. did you practice that? i mean -- >> i did. you kind of expected it. he feels like he's a little behind right now, i think, so we expect him to come out on the attack, and he did. i thought one of the effective lines from governor romney when he said the attack on me is not an agenda. i think that was where the president fell a little short. he didn't offer an agenda or a vision for the future on the international side just as he did not on the domestic side in the first couple debates. >> let's throw up poll numbers, cnn/orc poll among debate watchers. the question was who won the debate. i
you were obviously playing president obama in the mock debates. so when you see the candidate who you've been prepping all along in his performance on foreign policy, what did you think? >> well, you know, i thought it was a good night for governor romney because i think he appeared reassuring and thoughtful and knowledgeable. having played president obama, i wasn't surprised by a whole lot that he said because it's sort of the same lines. >> he was aggressive. did you practice...
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, what president obama did, in that debate, was thank him for providing a blueprint and the others at the white house to lp cover health care. >> i just don't understand any candidate who has been running for as long as mitt romney is and as smart s -- mitt romney i, painting with a broad brush, the definition most people have about what a pre-existing condition is. >> president obama is not a liar. he is not going to go on national tv and talk in a debate about his health care plan. he got that part wrong, according to his senior adviser. and in any event. >> so he got it wrong, you're just saying it was a mistake? >> that is what his adviser said. so i assume they're correct. >> jen, do you believe it was a mistake? >> look, i have to say it is becoming a pattern. so when something becomes a pattern, you have to wonder what is behind it and why mitt romney is so uncomfortable with his own positions. >> it will be a fascinating debate, jen saki, thanks. >>> thank you. >>> and the family of lillian carey is speaking out tonight. they want you to know she is more than just a statistic
, what president obama did, in that debate, was thank him for providing a blueprint and the others at the white house to lp cover health care. >> i just don't understand any candidate who has been running for as long as mitt romney is and as smart s -- mitt romney i, painting with a broad brush, the definition most people have about what a pre-existing condition is. >> president obama is not a liar. he is not going to go on national tv and talk in a debate about his health care...
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president obama came under a lot of criticism for his performance in the first debate. well, he's get a second chance on tuesday. cnn's athena jones has a preview for us. >> good morning, randi. the second debate is on its way. why? because it will be undecided voters asking the questions. round 2, president obama and governor mitt romney face off in their second debate tuesday. a town hall moderated by cnn's cannily crowley which says the format presents unique challenges for the candidates. >> the challenge is that they've got to connect not just with the people that are looking into the television and watching them but to the people that are on the stage with them, some 80 or so undecided voters as chosen by gal up. gallup. so they have to keep that in mind. >> president obama is under pressure after his last turn on the state got bad reviews. >> one bad debate is losing a battle. two bad debates could very well mean he loses the war i think you're going to see a very different president obama this time around. he's got to be seen as being aggressive, but yet he can'
president obama came under a lot of criticism for his performance in the first debate. well, he's get a second chance on tuesday. cnn's athena jones has a preview for us. >> good morning, randi. the second debate is on its way. why? because it will be undecided voters asking the questions. round 2, president obama and governor mitt romney face off in their second debate tuesday. a town hall moderated by cnn's cannily crowley which says the format presents unique challenges for the...
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as obama was trying to pass the law, the white house had this debate. do we do it with overcoming a filibuster with 60 votes or do it with reconciliation? they decided, at least at first, to do it with 60 votes, because they decided that doing it through reconciliation would create what they called the swiss cheese law. you couldn't do everything you wanted. so that's -- it's not as easy for romney to get rid of this thing as he stated in those remarks yesterday. >> and then comes the hard part, replace. >> and that's where the obama team now is coming back with him and saying, if you're going to get rid of this, let's put some pressure on romney and say, what are you going to replace it with? and so far the romney camp has been shy about giving details on that. >> one of the things that interested me with the notes we saw on the supreme court was justice ginsberg noting that congress' basis for this health care law was mitt romney's health care law. it just seemed like a political -- >> yeah, you know, it remind med, both scalia and ginsberg in decisio
as obama was trying to pass the law, the white house had this debate. do we do it with overcoming a filibuster with 60 votes or do it with reconciliation? they decided, at least at first, to do it with 60 votes, because they decided that doing it through reconciliation would create what they called the swiss cheese law. you couldn't do everything you wanted. so that's -- it's not as easy for romney to get rid of this thing as he stated in those remarks yesterday. >> and then comes the...
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mitt romney and barack obama in a presidential debate. that's senator john mccain and he'll join us live coming up. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> we are just about 30 minutes away. you're looking at a live picture of the debate hall, lynn university, boca raton, florida. third and final presidential debate just 15 days to go before the presidential election. only a handful of people know firsthand what president obama and governor romney are going through right now. bill clinton is one of them. cnn's fareed zakaria recently sat down with the former president to talk about foreign policy and the economy and 2012 politics. >> do you think bebe netany
mitt romney and barack obama in a presidential debate. that's senator john mccain and he'll join us live coming up. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk...
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obama's health care law. the decision was 5-4. lots of aspects to this ruling to get to. so let me introduce you to our guest this morning to help us put it all in context. delaware governor jack markell is a supporter of the law. his state voluntarily expanded their medicare coverage in 2006. dr. sanjay gupta, also a practicing sur practice oohing -- practicing surgeon. will cain, a columnist at theblaze.com. nice to have you all with us. lots to talk about. the health care ruling is leading the republicans to rally their base with promises of repealing the base. take a listen. >> i think today's ruling underscores the urgency of repealing this harmful law in its entirety. >> we can, and we will, repeal obama care. >> i'm committed to full repeal and replacement with patient centered solutions. >> repeal, repeal, repeal. president obama is trying to get in front of the attacks insisting that the court's decision to uphold the health care law is a victory for american people. >> whatever the politic, today's
obama's health care law. the decision was 5-4. lots of aspects to this ruling to get to. so let me introduce you to our guest this morning to help us put it all in context. delaware governor jack markell is a supporter of the law. his state voluntarily expanded their medicare coverage in 2006. dr. sanjay gupta, also a practicing sur practice oohing -- practicing surgeon. will cain, a columnist at theblaze.com. nice to have you all with us. lots to talk about. the health care ruling is leading...
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obama will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney heads to colorado tomorrow where he will hold a rally and continue his preparations for wednesday's showdown in denver. he went to church this morning outside boston but held no public events over the weekend. >>> in iraq, at least 30 people were killed today in a wave of bombings. sudden explosions hit in or near baghdad. it's the deadliest day in iraq in nearly a month. shiite muslim communities appear to be the targets of the attacks. >>> a pakistani girl accused of desecrating the koran. she was setup. >>> this is a desperate search for two little children in tennessee. everybody believed a 9-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother were among those killed, but remains have not been found. police consider the kids not dead but missing, and more on that story coming up moments away. >>> and in texas, stranded drivers had to be rescued after flooding drenched parts of the state yesterday. get this. the past three days, yep, brought more rain than texas got all of last ye
obama will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney heads to colorado tomorrow where he will hold a rally and continue his preparations for wednesday's showdown in denver. he went to church this morning outside boston but held no public events over the weekend. >>> in iraq, at least 30 people were killed today in a wave of bombings. sudden explosions hit in or near baghdad. it's the deadliest day in iraq in nearly a month. shiite muslim communities...
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a bitter debate between the obama and romney campaigns. it's now playing out overseas. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> a member of president obama's cabinet is under investigation now for hit and run. after allegedly leaving the scene of one collision, then causing another. the white house says health issues were a factor. but there are so many unanswered questions. brian todd has been investigating the story for us. what are you finding out? >> there are a lot of unanswered questions, wolf. commerce secretary john bryson is now back in washington after the accident over the weekend. the information is still murky. we're told the secretary did have some kind of seizure at some point. the commerce secretary allegedly caused traffic accidents at two different scenes within about five minutes. the sequence started just north of los angeles. at 5:00 p.m. local time on saturday, police say he was driving his lexus southbound and rear ended a car waiting at a rail crossing. >> at some point after that he got out of the vehicle, made contact with the indiv
a bitter debate between the obama and romney campaigns. it's now playing out overseas. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> a member of president obama's cabinet is under investigation now for hit and run. after allegedly leaving the scene of one collision, then causing another. the white house says health issues were a factor. but there are so many unanswered questions. brian todd has been investigating the story for us. what are you finding out? >> there...
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. >> president obama today. here's mitt romney. >> i disagree with the supreme court's decision. i agree with the dissent. what the court did not do on its last day in session i will do on my first day if elected pre eed president of the united states. i will act to repeal obama care. >> governor romney called it bad law and bad policy. but keeping them honest it is also nearly identical to his own plan as governor of massachusetts. as for the mandate, well, keeping them honest, justice roberts today contradicted a key claim the president made. the president said that mandate was not a tax. >> for us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. what it's saying is we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you. any more than the fact that right now everybody in america just about has to get auto insurance. consi that a tax increase. >> nobody that is except chief justice john roberts. republicans have been running today with his formulation. but keeping them honest, if justice roberts is right, if th
. >> president obama today. here's mitt romney. >> i disagree with the supreme court's decision. i agree with the dissent. what the court did not do on its last day in session i will do on my first day if elected pre eed president of the united states. i will act to repeal obama care. >> governor romney called it bad law and bad policy. but keeping them honest it is also nearly identical to his own plan as governor of massachusetts. as for the mandate, well, keeping them...
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he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep on going away shaking my head. >> reporter: romney flies to colorado monday to hold a rally that night before hunkering down for final preparations. the president heads to nevada sunday greeting voters that night and then goes behind closed doors for his last-minute preps before flying on to denver on debate day. meanwhile, both presidential campaigns continue to play the expectations game, trying to lower the bar for their candidate. gary. >> thank you very much, paul. >>> the debates are the only way to see the candidates face-to-face, so let's take a look at the debate schedule. as we said, number one, wednesday, october 3rd. can you see it live here on cnn starting 7:00 p.m. eastern time. number two, october 16th, on the campus of hofstra university in long island, new york. our only candy crowley will be moderating that debate. s and then in boca raton, orida, and that's two weeks before election
he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep on going away shaking my head. >> reporter: romney flies to colorado monday to hold a rally that night before hunkering down for final preparations. the president heads to nevada sunday greeting voters that night and then goes behind closed doors for his last-minute preps before flying on to denver on debate day. meanwhile, both presidential...
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and as president obama, mitt romney get ready to face off in the first presidential debate one week from tomorrow, christine romans digs on each man's position on helping students pay for college. >> reporter: when jackie graduated from brown university this year, she put off going straight to medical school. instead she took a research job at sloan-kettering hospital. >> it is nice to have a paying job where i can pay back part of my student loans before going to med school and possibly adding on a lot more. >> reporter: and she had plenty of them, $100,000 worth. why? her family is middle class, her mother works in a school, her dad owns a bar. she says they're considered too wealthy to qualify for many grants, but she says not wealthy enough to have saved the money for the more than $50,000 a year to attend brown. >> you're in the middle class, you are a normal suburban family, but you don't make an o outrageous amount of money so you can't pay the outrageous tuitions. >> reporter: student loan debt hit a trillion dollars last year. even tuition for public four-year colleges rose 68%
and as president obama, mitt romney get ready to face off in the first presidential debate one week from tomorrow, christine romans digs on each man's position on helping students pay for college. >> reporter: when jackie graduated from brown university this year, she put off going straight to medical school. instead she took a research job at sloan-kettering hospital. >> it is nice to have a paying job where i can pay back part of my student loans before going to med school and...
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another feisty debate between president obama and mitt romney. a top romney campaign strategist tells cnn they are expecting another aggressive performance from the president. for mitt romney, debate night may be shaping up to be another fight night with president obama. while both men will be seated at a round table, a setting engineered for a more subdued discussion on foreign policy, the candidates will be sitting near one another. >> have you looked at your pension? >> i've got to say. >> mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> reporter: if things get testy, romney and the president won't have to cross a stage to invade each other's personal space as they did at the last debate in new york. sources tell cnn romney's sparring partner, rob portman, has been trying to get under the gop nominee's skin in debate practice sessions to prepare him for what may be another fiery night. a senior romney adviser tells cnn, the campaign expects the president won't come out like a lamb. >> i realize that maybe looked more symbolic than it is. >>
another feisty debate between president obama and mitt romney. a top romney campaign strategist tells cnn they are expecting another aggressive performance from the president. for mitt romney, debate night may be shaping up to be another fight night with president obama. while both men will be seated at a round table, a setting engineered for a more subdued discussion on foreign policy, the candidates will be sitting near one another. >> have you looked at your pension? >> i've got...
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he scored important points with voters. 48% of debate watchers we surveyed said president obama won compared to 40% who said romney won. 59% said president obama did 59% said president obama did better than expected. 15% said he did worse. 23% said he did about the same as expected. as for governor romney, 44% said he did better and 26% said worse. 26% said he did about the same as expected. these debates, all three of the presidential debates will play a role in what happens on november 6th, so will ad spending the next few weeks. ad spending, there is a lot of money to be spent the next two weeks. >> a lot of money, but with the days running out, the candidates have to make tough decisions. the first you will see, this one is confusing when you look at it. let me bring up the ad spending. let me look at tv ads, it's confusing. let's pull up the state of florida. the dark blue is obama and dark red is romney. the super pacs. look at the orlando market in florida. about half of the ad spending, just shy is done by the obama campaign, money out of president obama's campaign fund. romney has a
he scored important points with voters. 48% of debate watchers we surveyed said president obama won compared to 40% who said romney won. 59% said president obama did 59% said president obama did better than expected. 15% said he did worse. 23% said he did about the same as expected. as for governor romney, 44% said he did better and 26% said worse. 26% said he did about the same as expected. these debates, all three of the presidential debates will play a role in what happens on november 6th,...
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mitt romney is closing the gender gap since the first debate. one of the things that is happening here, the obama campai campaign has this very close minded view that women are reproductive parts. guess what? they are starting most small businesses in this country. and i think it's a little bit demeaning to say that women only care about one thing, one thing only and that's one of the reasons that obama is having a problem an increasing problem with the female vote right now. >> let's be honest. both of these campaigns are talking about issues they think women care about right now. because women are late deciders, women also go to the polls. and so, you know, both of these campaigns are talking about things they think women want to hear. >> sandra, appreciate you being on. >> thank you. >> you probably saw felix baumgartner breaking the record from the edge of space. did it feel like it went by really quickly or do you remember every second? >> i remember every second. i wtotally concentrated. focused, just trying to do the right thing. [ female
mitt romney is closing the gender gap since the first debate. one of the things that is happening here, the obama campai campaign has this very close minded view that women are reproductive parts. guess what? they are starting most small businesses in this country. and i think it's a little bit demeaning to say that women only care about one thing, one thing only and that's one of the reasons that obama is having a problem an increasing problem with the female vote right now. >> let's be...
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for president obama, it was a turning point. >> it took him i think two years to the debt ceiling debate to understand that he was not going to be able to be the conciliatory president, the mediator in chief. >> now, more than a year after that golf game, the president says of republicans -- >> where i can work with them, i will. where they don't want to compromise, i'll work around them. >> and he set out on a path of go for the jugular politics. he laid out his jobs plan, championed the popular payroll tax cut -- >> tell congress to pass this tax cut without drama, without delay. >> and took executive actions without the support of congress. >> we can't simply wait for congress to do its job. >> the republicans fired back. >> now we have our own modern day great train robbery. >> probing the bankruptcy of the taxpayer-funded solar firm solyndra. and relentlessly pursuing fast and furious, anti-gun trafficking operation that cost a border agent his life. the bitter partisan divide was back out in the open >> and then gays and lesbians saying this on "good morning america". >> i think sa
for president obama, it was a turning point. >> it took him i think two years to the debt ceiling debate to understand that he was not going to be able to be the conciliatory president, the mediator in chief. >> now, more than a year after that golf game, the president says of republicans -- >> where i can work with them, i will. where they don't want to compromise, i'll work around them. >> and he set out on a path of go for the jugular politics. he laid out his jobs...
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reporting president obama himself knows that he lost the debate. he's upset about it. here to talk about it tonight, obama 2012 pollster, cornell belcher. also, ralph reed. cornell, bored, aloof, some said even arrogant. those are some of the words used today and last night to describe president obama on that stage. what exactly was the strategy heading into this? was there a strategy? >> what you saw last night from the president was the president trying to lay out the facts to those few undecided voters that are still out there. here's our plan, here's how we want to move the country forward versus mitt romney and his plan about moving the country forward. the problem with the debate last night is that one candidate showed up talking about the facts of their plan and the other candidate showed up with a completely different plan, and was completely dishonest about the facts of his plan. that was a little problematic. >> but the president did not seem to take the fight to mitt romney. if you believe that mitt romney wasn't being honest, the presid
reporting president obama himself knows that he lost the debate. he's upset about it. here to talk about it tonight, obama 2012 pollster, cornell belcher. also, ralph reed. cornell, bored, aloof, some said even arrogant. those are some of the words used today and last night to describe president obama on that stage. what exactly was the strategy heading into this? was there a strategy? >> what you saw last night from the president was the president trying to lay out the facts to those few...
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in a poll taken after wednesday night's debate, three days before the debate, president obama had a 5% point edge among registered voters. hoping to build on the momentum, romney this morning attacked the president's leadership when it comes to foreign policy. ♪ >>> romney delivered his first major foreign policy speech at virginia military institute in lexington. it is the country's oldest military academy. he came out swinging. he condemned the president for what he says is leading from behind, declaring it is time to change course in the middle east. want to bring in our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty at the state department. first of all, the first criticism was that he said the president didn't have this overall strategy that would be successful in the middle east. let's listen. >> i know the president hopes for a safer, freer, and more prosperous middle east aallied with us. i share this hope, but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> jill, i want to ask you this
in a poll taken after wednesday night's debate, three days before the debate, president obama had a 5% point edge among registered voters. hoping to build on the momentum, romney this morning attacked the president's leadership when it comes to foreign policy. ♪ >>> romney delivered his first major foreign policy speech at virginia military institute in lexington. it is the country's oldest military academy. he came out swinging. he condemned the president for what he says is leading...
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obama has had a chance to do that, and he has not done it. his message seems to be i've done the best that i can. hang on, it's going to get better. just don't go back. but clearly this debate is one of those rare political events where both candidates are the underdogs. >> apparently, if you listen to it. >> yeah. so there is maybe an opportunity for somebody to surprise. >> it is very hard, it seems to me, in a debate to be -- to show your likability skills, right? >> right. i think that right. the other thing that's hard for mitt romney is he just seems weird to people and they can't relate to him and he doesn't seem in touch with their lives and that's particularly true for women voters. if you're an attack dog in the debate, you're not going to fill in the mode. >> bill clinton was very likeable and he did that in a debate. that's not mitt romney's strength. why should he try to do it there. >> we have a lot of recent history. sometimes he blows it, bitting $10,000 but a lot of times he's come back and done quite well and stepped up to t
obama has had a chance to do that, and he has not done it. his message seems to be i've done the best that i can. hang on, it's going to get better. just don't go back. but clearly this debate is one of those rare political events where both candidates are the underdogs. >> apparently, if you listen to it. >> yeah. so there is maybe an opportunity for somebody to surprise. >> it is very hard, it seems to me, in a debate to be -- to show your likability skills, right? >>...
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there was a kind of reframing by the supreme court of the entire debate because the obama administration had never really pushed, look, this is going to be a tax. how do you think this is all going to play out now? >> well, on the bottom line, people felt the statute was in trouble because the oral argument seemed to go badly for the obama administration. so that was the shock. the majority of the supreme court voted to uphold the statute. it's very hard to cast this as a loss for the obama administration. all the critical pieces of the statute are constitutional and upheld. david's absolutely right. there's some pieces to a tool kit that conservatives can use in later decisions. there are limitations here on excesses by congress that could be significant. but for today and for the next several years, this is just across the board win nearly. >> jonathan turley, as professor of law on the panel tonight, from the legal perspective purely, do you think the supreme court acted correctly? >> well, i have mixed feelings about it quite frankly. i favor national health care. but i shared the vi
there was a kind of reframing by the supreme court of the entire debate because the obama administration had never really pushed, look, this is going to be a tax. how do you think this is all going to play out now? >> well, on the bottom line, people felt the statute was in trouble because the oral argument seemed to go badly for the obama administration. so that was the shock. the majority of the supreme court voted to uphold the statute. it's very hard to cast this as a loss for the...
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hours after millions of americans watched the final presidential debate, the obama campaign wants to reach millions more. just in to cnn, president obama is rolling out a brand new advertising campaign over the airwaves, internet and in glossy pamphlets. why? cnn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin joins us from the president's first stop today, del ray beach, florida. tell us about this new effort. >> reporter: hi, carol. fresh off the debate, the president is doing a tour of the battleground states. and he's delivering a message that he is fighting for the middle class and that he has a plan for his second term, answering critics who say he's not giving enough specifics. i guess they figured if you write it down, it looks specific. they have a 19-page glossy new plan for jobs and middle class security that really details a lot of what we've heard from him before on education, manufacturing, energy, getting the u.s. out of afghanistan over time and tax reform. i've looked through it. the specifics in this really have to do with his past accomplishments on health care, on
hours after millions of americans watched the final presidential debate, the obama campaign wants to reach millions more. just in to cnn, president obama is rolling out a brand new advertising campaign over the airwaves, internet and in glossy pamphlets. why? cnn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin joins us from the president's first stop today, del ray beach, florida. tell us about this new effort. >> reporter: hi, carol. fresh off the debate, the president is doing a tour of...
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do you think you would have done better against the obama that was debating this week? >> i think so, piers, but you know, it would sound like i am now trying to rewrite history or i would have done better. you know, i never tried to do any of that looking back and certainly not in anger or bitterness. but i think it is true that during the 2008 campaign, the president or then senator obama had no record to defend, and one of the reasons why mitt did so well in this debate was because mitt was -- i think very legitimately, attacking his record, whether it be the $90 billion in subsidies for energy or a number of the other things that he pointed -- the failure of dodd-frank, and so the president had a record to defend this time, but one, do not underestimate the president of the united states. he will come back strong. i think mitt has to be prepared for that. and also, as you mentioned, these job numbers will give him a bit or something of a boost today. >> we've got the vp debate coming up. you said about joe biden he's the gift that keeps on giving. are you hoping tha
do you think you would have done better against the obama that was debating this week? >> i think so, piers, but you know, it would sound like i am now trying to rewrite history or i would have done better. you know, i never tried to do any of that looking back and certainly not in anger or bitterness. but i think it is true that during the 2008 campaign, the president or then senator obama had no record to defend, and one of the reasons why mitt did so well in this debate was because...
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i'm taking over the students for obama account, which is@students4obama the night of the debate. really to have a two-way conversation with a lot of our young people. a lot of organizers, we have 12,500 fellows that organize things like watch parties or, you know, debate parties at campus offices or apartments or dorm rooms. taking some time to do a q & a via twitter with some of the folks and kind of make the debate a little more engaging and a little more back and forth. >> all right. we'll be fully engaged on debate night. kal, good to see you, as always. >> thanks, suzanne. >> you can watch the action. cnn's live coverage wednesday night's debate starts at 7:00 eastern. >>> rumors, grudges, infighting, drama. you probably think -- don't think the supreme court when you hear those words, but it has been a rocky ride for this court. they're now back for a new term today. oarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill
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for president obama, it was a turning point. >> it took him, i think, two years to the debt ceiling debate to understand that he was not going to be able to be the conciliatory president, the mediator in chief. >> now, more than a year after that golf game, the president says of republicans -- >> where i can work with them, i will. where they don't want to compromise, i'll work around them. >> and he set out on a path of go-for-the-jugular politics. he laid out his jobs plan, championed the popular payroll tax cut -- >> tell congress to pass this tax cut without drama, without delay. >> -- and took executive actions without the support of congress. >> we can't simply wait for congress to do its job. >> the republicans fired back. >> now we have our own modern day great train robbery. >> probing the bankruptcy of the taxpayer-funded solar firm solyndra. and relentlessly pursuing fast and furious, anti-gun trafficking operation that cost a border agent his life. the bitter partisan divide was back out in the open ady for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from l
for president obama, it was a turning point. >> it took him, i think, two years to the debt ceiling debate to understand that he was not going to be able to be the conciliatory president, the mediator in chief. >> now, more than a year after that golf game, the president says of republicans -- >> where i can work with them, i will. where they don't want to compromise, i'll work around them. >> and he set out on a path of go-for-the-jugular politics. he laid out his jobs...
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. >>> just in about the man president obama wants to name ambassador to iraq. it involves revelations of bad behavior. the medicare debate continues in washington... ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of medicare and social security, you've earned the right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your family? [ female announcer ] you've earned the facts. ♪ washington may not like straight talk, but i do. [ female announcer ] and you've earned a say. get the facts and make your voice heard on medicare and social security at earnedasay.org. [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> as we move, we got some news just into us about the man president obama wants to name as ambassador to iraq. it involves reve
. >>> just in about the man president obama wants to name ambassador to iraq. it involves revelations of bad behavior. the medicare debate continues in washington... ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of medicare and social security, you've earned the right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your family? [ female announcer ] you've earned the facts. ♪ washington may...
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don't expect a repeat of the fiery romney/obama debate confrontation this week. they prize jokes over attacks as the candidates poke fun at themselves and each other vyg
don't expect a repeat of the fiery romney/obama debate confrontation this week. they prize jokes over attacks as the candidates poke fun at themselves and each other vyg
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mitt romney came out so strong in that debate, president obama lackluster. he got called rusty. detached. not the words he was looking for. >> hold that thought, we're going to talk about that. i want to go back to something, four days before the presidential election is when the next jobs report is going to come out. if they go down even further? what does that mean if. >> it could go down. it could also go back up. >> right. >> this has been an economic recovery that's been a difficult one. the administration says that as well. this was a great jobs report for the president. it broke down past that 8% mark that mitt romney's been hitting so hard in this campaign. >> you can imagine -- >> this is a great day for the president. >> you can imagine the white house and probably the campaign in chicago doing somersaults. does this make people now say, what debate? by most people's accounts, the president was awful, horrible. that's what everyone says, even ardent obama supporters. does this cancel out his performance, what debate, the jobs are getting better? >> americans have very
mitt romney came out so strong in that debate, president obama lackluster. he got called rusty. detached. not the words he was looking for. >> hold that thought, we're going to talk about that. i want to go back to something, four days before the presidential election is when the next jobs report is going to come out. if they go down even further? what does that mean if. >> it could go down. it could also go back up. >> right. >> this has been an economic recovery that's...
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is going to win the debate is because, come the fiscal cliff moment, that if he goes over, that they are going to save the backsides of the wealthy 2% of americans. i probably shouldn't but i do. >> speaking as a reagan conservative, i must say i rather agree with you. probably shouldn't. but i do. i think divided government is very difficult. and there's some principles that speaker boehner is fighting for, with which i actually agree. but i think politically, the risk here for the gop, is they've become the party of rich people. and they give up the middle-class to the democrats. and i think you saw some of that in the presidential election. i don't think that's their intent. i think their tax reform intent is quite sound. but the way this is playing out, i think that's a big risk for them. >> they're becoming the party of rich, white, older men, is what it seems to me. you can't think of any other section of american community that right now is thinking the republican party's for me. this isn't be a good place for them to find themselves. >> i think that's why the politics of this
is going to win the debate is because, come the fiscal cliff moment, that if he goes over, that they are going to save the backsides of the wealthy 2% of americans. i probably shouldn't but i do. >> speaking as a reagan conservative, i must say i rather agree with you. probably shouldn't. but i do. i think divided government is very difficult. and there's some principles that speaker boehner is fighting for, with which i actually agree. but i think politically, the risk here for the gop,...
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what did obama do? obama said we should not get involved. there's a debate. let them settle it up. i'm simply saying let's support pro-democracy elements in iran just as we supported them in egypt. >> you think barack obama's so disinterested and unworried by fundamentalists that he's the guy that risked his entire presidency on sending helicopters full of navy s.e.a.l.s into pakistan to take out osama bin laden. that's not really the actions of a guy who's not worried, is it? >> no, i think we have to make an important distinction here. he does not support al qaeda or bin laden. sees those guys as international criminals. he does have sympathy for muslim jihadis in places like iraq and afghanistan. why? not because obama's a secret muslim. but he sees those guys as freedom fighters who are trying to free their country from colonial occupation. so hostile to israel. he sees israels an a little colonial power sitting on muslim land. >> that's complete nonsense. of course he doesn't. >> well, you're just asserting things, piers. look, you come from great britain which was a colonizin
what did obama do? obama said we should not get involved. there's a debate. let them settle it up. i'm simply saying let's support pro-democracy elements in iran just as we supported them in egypt. >> you think barack obama's so disinterested and unworried by fundamentalists that he's the guy that risked his entire presidency on sending helicopters full of navy s.e.a.l.s into pakistan to take out osama bin laden. that's not really the actions of a guy who's not worried, is it? >>...